Después de una conferencia alguien pregunta a Malcolm McLaren ‑ex manager de los Sex Pistols- lo siguiente:
How do we get away from karaoke culture?
¿Cómo podemos librarnos de la cultura «karaoke»?
A lo que McClaren responde:
I think if you have to ask a child how does he deal with a culture that basically declares to be stupid is cool... And everybody seems to be able to enjoy that fact, is very, very hard for anyone to peruse learning, to struggle.
When you don’t have to struggle, and everybody in a karaoke culture can be successful instantly, how do you change that? Why do you think people are gonna learn to struggle?
I think... is a pity those old boys aren’t still around to teach the other way. It is a pity because the other way actually, at the end of the day is more sexy. I think is about sexiness. I think that the authentic is more sexy than karaoke...
Karaoke is about fucking an inflatable doll... the authentic is about doing the real thing. That is the difference.
Conferencia de 50 minutos... muy, pero que muy recomendables.